News of the Week Highlights From 1883 Era Dispatches
Public auction at Providence yields about $60 000 from Sprague estates. Postmaster circulars set October 1 postage reductions. Hanlan defeats Ross in four mile boat race with record time. Heat and storms hit Davenport and New Orleans. Cuban club formed in Philadelphia. Lightning and fires cause extensive damage. Cleanup aids for Ohio floods reach $160 500. Trade and crop data show varied activity.
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Sprague
Providence
R.L
Post-office Department
Washington
Jackson
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Ross
Davenport
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Cuba
Clay County
D. T
Tucson
Crook
Hamilton
United States
Vera Cruz
Ipa Bushnell
Carter’s Creek
Virginia
W. H. Minner
Carthage
Marshall
Yonkers
Ohio
Frank Thayer
J. P. Thayer
New York
Hempstead Harbor
L. L
Brotherhood of Telegraphers
Western Union
Joseeh Staegamer
Brooklyn
Zion Savings Bank
Salt Lake City
Rich
N. W. Wilkinson
Lincoln County
Gilpert J. Hine
Middleport
Morgan McLeop
Batesville
Miss
Indian Territory
Texas
Kansas
Selma
Ala
Hudson
Treasury Department
San Francisco
George McMillen
Canton
Robert Wilson
Memphis
Margarette Lawson
Gunn, Curtis & Co
Boston
E. W. Holbrook & Co
Manchester Iron and Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Charles Fisherman
Rochester
Mann
Canada
New England States
Middle
Southern
Western
Pacific States
Debates Planned by Sherman and Kinne for August and September
Republican Governor candidate Sherman and Democrat L G Kinne announced joint debates in August and September. The New Jersey Democratic State Convention is set for September 13 in Trenton. A Boston immigration case saw a Manila captain held for 2500 dollars for admitting a Chinese carpenter as a resident.
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Sherman
Iowa
L. G. Kinne
New Jersey
Trenton
Manila
Boston
United States
George Brainard
Wilmington
Joan L. Hecumer
Grafton
W. Va
Catholic Knights of America
Archibald McAllister
Congress
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Tom Thumb
Bridgeport
Conn
General Sheridan
Chicago
Washington, D. C
General Grant
Anita Theresa Murroury
San Francisco
Cal
London
Sir Charles Michael Wolseley
Attack on American Consul in Monte Rey sparks mob violence
A mob in Monte Rey Mexico attacked the acting American Consul, causing injuries amid rising tension. In River du Loup Canada a 13 and 15 year old, sons of Mr Lord, drowned while bathing on the 17th. A 16 year old, child of Mrs Marehand, was also among the dead. her husband and two sons had recently perished in a fire.
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Monterey
Mex
Lord
River du Loup
Canada
Marchand
Tornado and disasters sweep Minnesota and Dakota regions
The middle belt of Minnesota from Manketa east to the Mississippi River was swept by a tornado on the 21st. Six persons killed in Minnesota and nearly one hundred injured, with crops damaged to $500,000. Elgin and Globe villages entirely destroyed. In Dakota nine killed near Huron and over fifty wounded.
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North Staffordshire
Eng
Hattie Arkell
Bessie Morley
Port Stanley
Ont
William Redmond
Wexford
Ireland
O’connor
Cairo
Damietta
Mansoura
Menzaleh
Samanoud
Chobar
Chirbin
Talka
de Vere
Miss McKay
Bedford Eng
Paris
Upper Rhine Valley
Sennig
Wurzburg
Switzerland
Egypt
Ghizeh
Shirbin
Alexandria
Trieste
Austria
Huanoco
Peru
Carceres
Recabarren
Gilas
Garostiaga
Lima
Newry
Italy
Washington
Havana
Vera Cruz
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Styria
Eudine
Minnesota
Manketa
Mississippi River
Elgin
Globe
Dakota
Huron
New York Sibernian Rifleman
Linden Grove
Marine Hospital Service
Campeache
Oaxaca
Mexico
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Tur Monroe
New York
James M. Priest
Supreme Court of
Liberia
New York City
Bellevue Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
Wate
Sangamon
Parker and
Stoppler
Springfield
Ill
St. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis & St. Louis
James Little
St. Pau
Minnesota River
Mississippi
Blue Earth
Waseca
Steele
Dodge
Olmstead
Wabasha
Kasota
Manterville
Dodge County
Wabasha County
Edith Dillon
John Townsend
Frank Kessler
R. Middleton
Munger
Mr. Jorden
William Crosby
John Borden
Mankato
Clara Zickwick
St. Charles
G. Curtis
Waukesha
George A. Smith
Pierre
A. R. Williams
Rochester
A. F Ingalls
Windom
George Pickering
Perfection
Wis
Peter L Breggman
Wycoff
Fred Breggeman
B. F. Vetch
Owatonna
Mrs. Farmmes
Winona
G. Hall
Chicago
Thomas Hadey
New Richmond
Fred Morgan
H. W. Morgan
W. Rodgers
D. Trookleman
Frederick Brookleman
Clark J. Fickercer
G. H. Bym
Alden
Dak
Horrors of the cyclone devastates Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakota
A Chicago and Northwestern passenger train was nearly wrecked by a tornado south of Green Bay. The storm ripped across Minnesota and Dakota towns, killing and injuring many and destroying homes, farms, schools, and rail lines with widespread property loss. Casualties include Mrs. Grace Foull at Dodgeville and numerous others across Elgin Kasson Manterville and Huron areas.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
Green Bay
Kaukauna
la Crosse
Grace Foull
Dodgeville
Passenger Train Crash in Birmingham Traced to Operator Error
A south bound Louisville and Nashville passenger train collided with a fast freight on entering Birmingham at 4 30 am Saturday. Both engines wrecked. The passenger tender telescoped the baggage car and a freight car was demolished. Fireman Gabriel Logan was killed and Engineer D Rosser severely injured. Cause attributed to operator error at Warrior Station north of the city.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Gabriel Logan
D. Rosser
Warrior Station
Costly blaze devastates ships at Brooklyn harbor
A fierce fire at Harbeck's dock in Brooklyn destroyed four vessels including the Lawrence Delap and the Perseverance, with losses estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. Twelve firemen were injured and several lives feared lost as debris trapped crews and a captain's family reportedly drowned.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Harbeck’s
E. B. Bartlett
Lawrence Dunlap
Perseverance
Colonel Adams
Calcutta
McNamara
McDonald
McDougall
Hook and Ladder Truck No
Lawrence Delap
Custom House
Harradin
Harbeck
Delap
Colonel Adam
Rumor of Grant Death Spreads Through Chicago
A July report claimed General Ulysses S. Grant died early morning in Chicago. News of his death spread via stock exchanges and failed telegraph operations before a dispatch from New York confirmed he was alive at Long Branch. The cipher tale tied to the hoax fueled citywide panic.
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Chicago
A. S. Grant
New York
Stock Exchange
Clowry
Grant
Long Branch
Indianapolis
Yellow Fever Ravages Vera Cruz Amid Rising Death Toll
Washington reports Vera Cruz suffers severe yellow fever with 90 deaths in May 261 in June and 144 in July. seven percent of American sailors there have died. The steamship Buteshire reaches New Orleans quarantine with six cases and seven more sailors dead. No US cases yet, precautions expected to stop entry.
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Washington
Hamilton
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
United States
Bank Robbery at National Bank in Coldwater
Two sneak thieves robbed the National Bank in Coldwater on Wednesday afternoon as cashier George Starr counted bills. While one thief handed the cash, the other stole jewelry from bank president H. C. Lewis. The suspects fled three blocks, escaped in a waiting carriage, and evaded capture after a pursuit by two officers.
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Coldwater
Mich
George Starr
The
National Bank
H. C. Lewis
Great Time Made at Chicago Driving Park
In Chicago on Thursday Majolica and Phallas raced for a $2500 purse with times of 2 17 for Majolica and 2 161 2 for Phallas. Richball won the pacing event in straight heats with 2 13 2 and 2 18.Johnson paced a mile in 2 11 8 without a skip. Richball was bought by a Texas gentleman for $10000 before the race.
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Chicago
Chicago Driving Park
Majolica
Phallas
Richball
Johnson
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